Late afternoon light illuminates a surfer going left at Steamer Lane last week as a large wave rolls in. A consistent west swell has been providing local wave riders plenty of opportunities to ...

A surfer glided ahead of a backlit wave at Steamer Lane this week while riding the swell past the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. Recent surf conditions have ...

SANTA CRUZ — The O’Neill Cold Water Classic returned after a seven-year hiatus and hailed surf break Steamer Lane didn’t disappoint. Nor did it play favorites to the surfers. Locals and out ...

A prismatic tapestry sprays from the windswept waterscape at Steamer Lane this week. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) A surfer glides ahead of a backlit wave at Steamer Lane this week while ...